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You got all wet and excited over the Google Phone, yet it turns out it’s not actually a phone but a mobile phone OS called Android. Basically, the wisdom behind it is to allow Google to distribute its mobile apps to as many devices as possible, so in the future it can control you right from its Giant Borg headquarters with funny commands like, “Eat shit!” or “Kill Bill!” or “Pronounce ‘conflagration’ with your nose stuck in your ass hole.”

As explained by Ars Technica:

Google’s handset partners upon launch will include Motorola, HTC, Samsung, and LG, confirming many of the recent rumors that Google would not be developing the hardware on its own. Google has a number of carrier partners worldwide as well, such as T-Mobile and Sprint in the US, T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom in Europe, and China Mobile in China, to name a few. The whole thing comes as part of the Open Handset Alliance—also announced by Google today.

Google has chosen to launch Android in this way is because it wanted to put its focus on the platform for development of its mobile applications. Although Java is widely available on many handsets worldwide, it still operates differently from phone to phone and can’t provide the type of flexibility that Google wants for itself and its partners. In addition to rolling out its own suite of mobile apps, Google also plans to make a “full” SDK for Android available next week, making the platform even more attractive to third-party developers (and perhaps delivering a slight ice burn to Apple on the side). And the more third-party apps there are available for the platform, the more attractive it will be for customers.

More on Android straight from the handsome horse’s mouth.

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